More than 1 in 3 COVID cases in Whatcom County last week were in residents younger than 20

Whatcom County’s youngest residents continued to see the highest number of COVID-19 cases last week, as more than one in three cases was among residents who had not yet celebrated their 20th birthday. Of Whatcom’s 413 COVID cases between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6 included in age-range data released Monday, Nov. 8, on the Washington State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard, 152 were in residents 19 years old and younger. Of those, 96 cases were residents 11 and younger.